A Boston-based college project team has worked together to build a map system for one of their halls. Fulton Hall in Boston College has a confusing layout so they took a Raspberry Pi and a touch screen and then worked…
Category: DSI display
New LEGO-compatible case for the Raspberry Pi touch screen launched on Kickstarter
Tom Murray, who launched the LEGO-compatible SmartiPi case in October 2014, has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a case for the official touch screen for the Raspberry Pi. The new case, which will be injection moulded, includes…
Raspberry Pi touchscreen review
Magazine Raspberry Pi Geek has published online their review of the new Touchscreen from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. They are generally positive about it and provide a lot of detail as to how to use it in various ways. Read…
Raspberry Pi touchscreen review at pimylifeup.com
Gus over at pimylifeup.com bought a Raspberry Pi touchscreen and has written up his thoughts in the form of a review. Read it here.
Team brings SailfishOS to the Raspberry Pi with a DIY tablet
A team that call themselves “SailPi” has ported the SailfishOS to the Raspberry Pi. Using it, they’ve put together a DIY touchscreen tablet using the Raspberry Pi’s DSI screen. They’ve then made it portable by using a 20000mAh powerbank and a…
Weather station using the Raspberry Pi touchscreen and Kivy
Alan Pullen is currently working on a weather station project which will bring together a Pi with an Arduino to take readings and display them onto a Raspberry Pi touchscreen. He wants to measure temperature, pressure, humidity, rainfall and, very…
October issue of The MagPi for Raspberry Pi owners out now!
The latest issue of The MagPi is out and it looks to be a good one. The central feature is a “building a robot” special which aims to get you up-and-running for £50. We recently announced the third CamJam EduKit…
The Pi Podcast interviews Cat Lamin and spreads Raspberry Pi news
This time, The Pi Podcast guys have interviewed Cat Lamin about her Coding Evening initiative which aims to bring together educators and professional technologists. As well as the interview, the Podcast is packed with Pi news including the new touchscreen…
Another review of the Raspberry Pi touch screen
Pete Taylor has done a lovely review of the touch screen over on his blog. Read it here.
Use Kivy to create a touchscreen GUI on the Raspberry Pi display
When the new Raspberry Pi display launched on Tuesday one of the most exciting things for me was shown on the Raspberry Pi blog – a touch screen GUI written using a Python library called Kivy. The demo was done by the Foundation’s…